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PAXTON DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3001175 · 1 · SANCHEZ DRAW · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1915-09-16 — 425th most senior of the 2277 structures with decreed rights in this water districtDWR's administrative subdivision of a river basin; the unit calls are usually stated in..
Under prior appropriationColorado's rule for sharing water: first in time, first in right. Age decides, not proximity or need., everything ahead of it in this line is satisfied in full before it receives any water. Immediately ahead: GAINES DITCH (1915-09-16). Immediately behind: WILBOURN WELL #3 (1916-12-31).
Decreed rights (2)
| Admin noDWR's numeric encoding of a water right's seniority. Smaller is more senior; the integer part counts days from 1849-12-31 to the date that ranks the right. | AppropriatedWhen water was first put to beneficial use. It sets seniority unless a prior adjudication date is later. | AdjudicatedWhen the water court confirmed the right. A use decreed in 1975 was not a decreed use in 1955, however old the appropriation is. | AbsoluteA right actually put to use, as opposed to conditional -- a placeholder for a use not yet made. | ConditionalA right reserving a place in line for a use not yet made; it must be diligently pursued or it lapses. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23999.0 | 1915-09-16 | 1923-11-08 | 1.167 | 0.0 | C | IRR | F-92 |
| 42448.42135 | 1965-05-12 | 1968-05-03 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | 68-92 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 62 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 50 AF — 81% of that, and 5th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (AFA volume: one acre covered a foot deep, about 326,000 gallons -- roughly a suburban household's outdoor use for a year.) | Compared with its own record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 159 | 15th lowest of 15 · 256% of median | 142 | 1.3 |
| 2012 | 59 | 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 96 | 0.4 |
| 2013 | 34 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 55% of median | 86 | 0.3 |
| 2014 | 62 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 145 | 0.3 |
| 2015 | 69 | 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | 118 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | 68 | 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 131 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | 124 | 13th lowest of 15 · 200% of median | 146 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 52 | 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 112 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 110 | 12th lowest of 15 · 177% of median | 129 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 73 | 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 117 | 0.3 |
| 2021 | 9 | 1st lowest of 15 · 14% of median | 50 | 0.3 |
| 2022 | 28 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 45% of median | 55 | 0.5 |
| 2023 | 137 | 14th lowest of 15 · 221% of median | 109 | 0.8 |
| 2024 | 35 | 4th lowest of 15 · 56% of median | 77 | 0.2 |
| 2025 | 50 | 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 129 | 0.2 |
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